Saving apparatus for aviators.



.0. G. E. TRUMELET-PABER. SAVING APPARATUS FOR AVIATORS.

APPLICATION FILED 001. 2, 1913.

1,105,049. Patented July 28, 1914.

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(LG. B. TRUMBLET-FABER. SAVING APPARATUS FOR AVIATORS.

APPLICATION FILED 00'1. 2,1913.

1,105,049. Patented July 28,1914.

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SAVING ArrAnATiIs roe AVIATORSLY Application area October 2, 191a; se ial no. 793,028.

To all; whom it may concern I Be it known that, L; ConNnILLE GUs'rAvn ERNEST TRUM LEC FABER, residing at 5 Rue F ourcroy,'Paris, France, haveinvented certain, new and useful Improvements in Saving Apparatus for Aviators, of which the fol-v lowing is a specification.

The apparatus according to thisinvention consists of a cylindrical tube witha parachute. The frame of this parachute is similar, to the frame of an umbrella including the handle. The device for operating the parachute is arranged in easy access of the aviator. I

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Fig. 7 is an elevation of the balloon'and the;

gas box. The apparatus comprises a cylindrical tube a of wood or of metal closed at one end and containing a spiral spring I) and a closed parachute. The tube is provided with a slot 0 for the passage of a string d one end of which is fixed to the lower part 6 of the handle of the parachute and the other end of which is fixed to the body of the aviator. The open end of the tube is provided with two piVOt pins a standing perpendicular to the axis of the tube and by means of which the tube is suspended in the holder 7.

The parachute consists of a frame similar to the frame of an umbrella the handle 6 of which is surrounded by a spiral spring 6 bearing against the sleeve 6 which carries the levers of the frame of the parachute. This spring serves for maintaining the parachute in the open position and it is com pressed when the parachute is closed. The other end of this spring bears against a shoulder 6 The parachute is provided with stays fixed to the members of the frame or to the canvas in order to prevent the parachute from being turned inside out through the ressure of the air during the fall. The crutch of the handle is arranged in such a manner that it can be attached to the aviator by means of a string. The lower end of the Specification bf LettersPatent.' Pat ted handle has plateiwhich bears against thev July 28, 1 914.

spiral springb for; compressing the same when the parachute is introduced into the tube. Rollers arranged on the outer surfaces of the members of the frame facilitate the exit of the parachute by .reducing the friction. Thisexit which is effected through the action of a spiral spring can also be effected by means of a special cartridge to be ignited by the aviator. At theupper end of the handlea plate 9 is fixedupon which a receptacle]; ismOunted and which is 'adapted'to, be connected with the balloon i by means of a valve in. This balloon designed to be automatically inflated with hydrogen compressed in the receptacle 72., serves for stabilizing the parachutein the normal position and for v preventing c apsiz ng. I

straight'branches serves for maintaining the 1 A. locking bolt with two curved or parachute in the tube if the spring is ;com

pressed and also as asupport for the tube'if the same is placed upon the flying machine beforethe utilization ofthe parachute. This locking bolt traverses the side of the frame of the flying machine and the branches extend through orifices in the tube a andbear againstthe upper surface of the plate 6 in order to prevent the exit of the parachute.

A handlever 71 arranged in easy access of the aviator is connected to said locking bolt,

and is adapted to pivot around the axle 70 The tube suspension device consists of a U-iron Z between the branches of Which'the tube issuspended by means of its pivot pins. The convex part of the U-iron is connected to a straight rod Z which traverses perpendicularly the centers of two or three parallel cross rods Z which are fixed in the frame of the flying machine. cross rods through which the rod Z passes must be large enough to permit free rotation of said rod.

The apparatus is mounted in the vertical plane of the axis ofthe flying machine be- The orifices of the l tween the sides of the frame, the axis of a the tube forming with the axis of the frame of the flying machine a determined angle sufficiently great to prevent the parachute from interfering with the movements of the rudder. I

The lower part of the tube which contains the spring is situated below the axis of the frame of the flying machine under the seat of the aviator the end of the pararapidly on the earth.

chute being situated above the frame of the flying machine.

The apparatus is operated in the following manner :As soon as the aviator thinks- J it is necessary he grips the handle of the air the descending movement of the parachute becomes slower than that of the flying machine from which it separates. As the aviator is attached to the parachute he is lifted from his seat and remains suspended to the parachute which according to descends more or less By increasing the power of the spiral spring I) of-the cylinder the expulsion of the parachute can be reguits surface area -lated so that the aviator is very quickly lifted off his seat. Owing to the rapidity of expulsion the parachute acts properly even at a very short distance from the ground.

Thenthe parachute is being expelled the in presence of tube containing a spiral spring which is compressed by a plate fixed at the lower end of a handle of a parachute constructed like an umbrella, a spiral spring surrounding this handle for effecting the automatic opening of the parachute, a receptacle filled with compressed gas situated at the upper part of the handle and adapted to be connected with a balloon by means of an automatically operated valve; a locking device" maintaining the parachute in the tube and the tube in an appropriate position so that it does not interfere with the manipulation of the flying machine; and a suspension permitting of the tube adopting the vertical position at any inclination of the flying machine.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature two witnesses. CORNEILLE GUSTAVE ERNEST TRUMELET-FABER. Witnesses:

HENRI Bon'rromin,

HANSON C. Coxs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained tor five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G. 

